What’s with all the good vibes around Notre Dame men’s basketball so early in preseason?

SOUTH BEND − A recruiting glow thanks to eight magical days wasn’t just going to go away, no matter what Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Micah Shrewsberry couldn’t say.

He couldn’t talk in specifics about a recruiting class for the ages that he and his staff assembled in a little more than a week. Notre Dame got one commitment from an Indiana kid. Then it got another from the kind of prospect that rarely gives the Irish a second thought. Then, another from New England. And finally, word from a big man from the Upper Midwest, a place where Notre Dame seldom ventures to mine potential talent.

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Like that, the Irish recruiting class went from zero to four, while the recruiting momentum went from zero to somewhere north of 100. Talk about acceleration. Shrewsberry and his staff hit the gas one day, and didn’t slow until every piece was in place.

Pieces that remain nameless and comment-less from the head coach until national signing day arrives in November. That’s when Shrewsberry is safe to publicly acknowledge, comment on and project how Brady Koehler (Indianapolis), Jalen Haralson (Anderson, Indiana), Ryder Frost (Beverly, Massachusetts) and Tommy Ahneman (Fargo, North Dakota) fit into his program’s future.

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A future that’s suddenly so white-hot bright that shades are mandatory around the Rolfs Hall offices.

Shrewsberry can kind of/sort of talk around that class, which he did last week during Notre Dame men’s basketball media day. Of course he was asked about former Indiana Mr. Basketball Markus Burton, the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference freshman of the year poised to possibly have a bigger sophomore season. He was asked about his team. He…

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Author : South Bend Tribune

Publish date : 2024-10-03 12:47:55

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